# 1990–91 Sporting de Gijón season

The 1990–91 Sporting de Gijón season was the 29th season of the club in La Liga, the 15th consecutive after its last promotion.

## Overview

After a tough start of season, where Carlos García Cuervo was sacked after twelve rounds, Ciriaco Cano took the helm of the team to end in the fifth position, qualifying to the UEFA Cup for the sixth time in the club's history.
In the Copa del Rey, the club was eliminated in the semifinals by Mallorca.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Ablanedo II |
| — | GK | ESP | Diego |
| — | GK | ESP | Isidro Fernández |
| — | DF | ESP | Arturo |
| — | DF | ESP | Ángel Alcázar |
| — | DF | ESP | Pablo |
| — | DF | ESP | Manolo Jiménez |
| — | DF | ESP | Abelardo |
| — | DF | ESP | Luis Sierra |
| — | DF | ESP | Tati |
| — | DF | ESP | José Díez Calleja |
| — | DF | ESP | David Miner |
| — | DF | ESP | Ablanedo I |
| — | MF | ESP | Emilio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TCH | Milan Luhový |
| — | MF | ESP | Francisco Javier Castaño |
| — | MF | ESP | Joaquín |
| — | MF | ESP | Juan Carlos |
| — | MF | ESP | Óscar |
| — | MF | ESP | Juanma |
| — | MF | BUL | Georgi Yordanov |
| — | MF | ESP | Torres |
| — | MF | SWE | Joakim Nilsson |
| — | FW | ESP | Luis Enrique |
| — | FW | ESP | Javier Manjarín |
| — | FW | ESP | Narciso |
| — | FW | ESP | Monchu |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Osasuna | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Oviedo | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 42 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Valencia | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 40 | |

### Copa del Rey
#### Matches
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Ablanedo II | 40 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Diego | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Isidro Fernández | 5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Arturo | 37 | 2 | 22+5 | 2 | 10+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Ángel Alcázar | 16 | 1 | 3+7 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Pablo | 23 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Manolo Jiménez | 44 | 1 | 32+3 | 1 | 9+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Abelardo | 48 | 2 | 38+0 | 1 | 10+0 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Luis Sierra | 28 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Tati | 31 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | José Díez Calleja | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | David Miner | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Ablanedo I | 5 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Emilio | 20 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| | MF | TCH | Milan Luhový | 39 | 18 | 28+3 | 16 | 8+0 | 2 |
| | MF | ESP | Francisco Javier Castaño | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Joaquín | 40 | 1 | 32+0 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Juan Carlos | 39 | 1 | 31+3 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Óscar | 39 | 4 | 28+1 | 3 | 9+1 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Juanma | 23 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 |
| | MF | BUL | Georgi Yordanov | 32 | 1 | 19+7 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Torres | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SWE | Joakim Nilsson | 29 | 1 | 19+4 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Luis Enrique | 44 | 17 | 27+8 | 14 | 7+2 | 3 |
| | FW | ESP | Javier Manjarín | 37 | 7 | 21+10 | 5 | 6+0 | 2 |
| | FW | ESP | Narciso | 14 | 5 | 6+4 | 1 | 4+0 | 4 |
| | FW | ESP | Monchu | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |